Seenotbereichskommando

(Sea Rescue Regional Command) (SBK)

KStN 1552 (L) and KStN 5153 (L)

Based on all evidence from the Bundesarchiv’s Luftwaffen-Personalamt assignment orders and from the Roba/Craciunoiu work, Seaplanes Over the Black Sea, that is primarily founded on the KTB of Seenotzentrale (L) Schwarzes Meer (later becoming Seenotbereichskdo. XII), the numbered SBKs were first established in June 1942. It even appears that the order may have been dated 1 June 1942 with an effective date of 30 June 1942.